New Marine Seismic Acquisition Equipment

Abstract

Summary Recent application of Full-Waveform-Inversion (FWI) have convincingly shown the value of acquiring both high resolution near offset data and long offset low frequency data. In this presentation we show some ongoing acquisition hardware developments that aim to support the acquisition of such data. New and versatile ocean bottom nodes with a long battery life, a novel low frequency source and a high-fidelity marine vibrator system represents the next generation of acquisition systems. In these systems we no longer go bigger and larger, but rather more nimble and smarter. The challenge for the industry will be to take full advantage of these new developments in the years to come.